Social Nature is the core concept of a geographical work on the

social construction Social constructionism is a term used in sociology, social ontology, and communication theory. The term can serve somewhat different functions in each field; however, the foundation of this theoretical framework suggests various facets of s ...

nature Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the Ecosphere (planetary), ecosphere or the universe as a whole. In this general sense nature refers to the Scientific law, laws, elements and phenomenon, phenomena of the physic ...

, entitled ''Social nature: theory, practice and politics'', which was published by

Noel Castree Noel Castree FAcSS (born 2 April 1968) is a British geographer whose research has focused on capitalism-environment relationships and, more recently, on the role that various experts play in discourses about global environmental change. He is cur ...

and Bruce Braun in 2001. The book says that the concept of Social Nature was created by critical geographers and embraces the idea of a socialized

. Critical geographers like David Harvey and Neil Smith "insisted that nature is social in three related ways":CASTREE, Noel and BRAUN, Bruce (Eds.), ''Social nature: theory, practice and politics'', Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, pp.10-15. *Knowledge "of nature is invariably inflected with the biases of the" knowers, *"Though knowledges of nature are social through and through, the social dimensions of nature are not reducible to knowledge alone", *Societies "''physically reconstitute'' nature, both intentionally and unintentionally", to the point of internalizing nature into social processes (particularly in advanced Western societies).

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